Prest-O Change-O
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About Prest-O Change-O
A dog catcher chases the Two Curious Puppies into the empty house of the magician Sham-Fu. His rabbit is left to guard the place and works the props on them. The small puppy swallows the wand and hiccups canaries, an egg, and balloons. The rabbit pours itself out of a pitcher, turns invisible, and kisses the larger puppy. The larger puppy locks the rabbit in a trash can inside two chests. The rabbit comes back out of a balloon. The puppy catches the rabbit's hands, throws him into a fishbowl, and knocks him out.
Cast & crew
More about Prest-O Change-O
Chuck Jones directed the Merrie Melodies short. Leon Schlesinger produced it. Carl Stalling wrote the music. Mel Blanc is billed. Warner Bros. released it on 25 March 1939. It runs 7 minutes. It is the second cartoon with the Two Curious Puppies and the second with the rabbit later named Bugs Bunny. A 1949 Blue Ribbon reissue replaced the opening titles. The original credits are lost with that issue.
Themes
Making
Jones uses the magician's props as the gags: wand, pitcher, rope, chests, and one fishbowl. The Blue Ribbon issue of 1949 is the copy that circulates with new titles.
Music
Carl Stalling wrote the music.
Preservation
The 1949 Blue Ribbon reissue survives. The original 1939 titles do not.
Notes
- The house belongs to Sham-Fu. He is away.
- Ben Hardaway redrew the rabbit as a grey hare for Hare-um Scare-um later in 1939.
- This is the rabbit's first cartoon in color, and the first in which he loses.
- The finish is a black eye, a lampshade, and a goldfish bowl.
Scenes
- The small puppy hiccups canaries after swallowing the wand.
- The rabbit climbs out of a balloon the puppy hiccuped.
- The larger puppy throws the rabbit into a fishbowl.
Influenced
- Hare-um Scare-um
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Prest-O Change-O (1939).webm)
